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(iii) Institutional Treatment for Mothers and Children,
(a) There is no provision in the Borough for institutional
treatment for mothers and children, provided by
the Corporation, but private arrangements exist for the
reception of expectant unmarried mothers at the Kingston
Doanory Homo for Friendless Girls, 18, Richmond Park
Road. The homo is administorod by a voluntary body,
the Kingston Doanory Moral Wolfaro Committoc, affiliatod
to the Southwark DiocOsan Association for moral wolfaro.
There aro fourteen bods. Admission is not confincd to
Kingston residents, but is oxtondod to girls residing
anywhoro in, or occasionally boyond, the Southwark
dioccso. The oxpectant mothers ontor the home about
two months before confinement, and it is a condition of
their acceptance that they stay for at loast two months
aftor confinement, at the end of which period efforts
arc made to secure them suitable omployment, A social
wolfaro worker keeps in touch with the girls aftor thoy
leavo tho homo. There is a permanent staff consisting
of a Matron, S.C.M. Nurse and a Cook-Housokeeper.
The following table shows the numbers of
admissions to the house during the period under review:-
1940 - 81
1941 - 59
1942 - 58
1943 - 59
1944 - 32
1945 - 50
s The homo was closed from mid-Juno, 1944, until 1st
October, 1944, during flying bomb attacks. As
many of tho casos as possible were sent homo;
others wcro ovacuatod undor tho Governmcnt Evacuation
Schome. This accounts for the low numbers of
admissions to tho homo during 1944.
WAR-TIME NURSERIES.
(b) On tho 1st January, 1945, there woro six wartime
nursories in the Borough, fivo of which were
administorod by tho local authority, with the approval
of tho Ministry of Hoalth. The remaining nursery
operated undor privato direction but received a grant
from tho Corporation, which was recoverable from the
Ministry of Hoalth, of Is. per day, por attendance.
On 9th June, 1945, War-Time Nursery No. 2 at
St. Peter's School was closod and the children and staff
transferred to War-Time Nursery No. 4 at Fairfield, East.
The ago range at Fairfield for tho admission of children
was established at 2 - 5 years and at War-time Nursery
No. 1, Surrey Villa, the upward limit of ago for admission
was roduced to 3 years.